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Mario Seminara, Registered Sanitarian
Food Safety Works LLC
www.FoodSafetyWorksLLC.com
(720) 681-1615
Professional Work History
2020 - Present Trainer/Consultant
Paster Training, Inc. (pastertraining.com)
2020 - Present Contractor/Instructor
International Food Protection Training Institute (ifpti.org)
2020 - Present Co-Chair, Retail-Foodservice Food Safety Consortium
(rfsc.guru)
2019 - Present Consultant/Trainer, Food Safety Works LLC, Sole Proprietor
(FoodSafetyWorksLLC.com)
2019 - Present Contractor Instructor
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Denver, CO
(neha.org)
2019 - Present Contractor Instructor
Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), York, PA
(afdo.org)
2002 - 2019 Retail Food Specialist Emeritus
U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Denver, CO
2000 - 2002 Manager, Environmental and Consumer Health Unit
Health and Human Services Department, Austin, TX
1993 - 2000 Assistant Director
Branch Chief, Compliance and Enforcement
State Training Officer
Retail Food Division, Texas Department of Health, Austin, TX
Professional Credentials
2019 ServSafe® Instructor Certification
2018 Food Safety Training for Colorado Cottage Food Producers, Colorado
State University Extension
2017 Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI)
2017 Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
2006 Epi-Ready Team Training Workshop, NEHA
1990 Registered Professional Sanitarian
Texas Department of Licensing and Registration
Professional Memberships
2018 - Present National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
2010 - Present Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
1996 - Present Conference for Food Protection (CFP)
Committee/Workgroup Memberships
2015 - Present FDA Retail Curriculum Alignment Project – FDA Office of Training,
Education and Development (OTED) and International Food Program
Training Institute (IFPTI)
2016 - 2018 Conference for Food Protection – Special Process Controls Committee
2006 - 2019 FDA Risk Factor Study Workgroup
2004 - 2019 FDA National Retail Standardization Workgroup, Associate Standard
Leadership Positions Held
2014 - 2018 National Team Leader, FDA Retail Food Specialists
2014 - 2018 FDA National Retail Food Team Steering Committee
2008 - 2017 FDA National Special Security Events (NSSE), Strike Team Leader
2017 Presidential Inauguration, Washington, D.C.
2016 Nuclear Security Summit, Washington, D.C.
2014 African Leaders Summit, Washington, D.C.
2012 NATO Summit, Chicago, IL
2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO
1996 - 2002 Conference for Food Protection, Council III Councilor, Vice-Chair
FDA Disaster Response Deployments
2008 Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, LA and TX
2008 City of Alamosa, CO, Contaminated Public Water System
2005 Hurricane Katrina and Rita, LA and TX
FDA Courses, Member, Instructor Cadre
FDA FD112 FDA Food Code
FDA FD204 Temporary Events
FDA FD207 Plan Review for Retail Food Establishments
FDA FD215 Managing Retail Food Safety
FDA FD218 Risk-based Inspections of Retail Food Establishments
FDA FD312 Special Processes at Retail
Professional Awards
2019 Team Leader, FDA Retail Food Specialist Team
2019 Certificate of Appreciation, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA
2018 Arthur Williamson Award, Wyoming Environmental Health Association
2015 Group Recognition, 2014 U.S. & African Leaders Summit on Food Protection Team, FDA
2014 Group Recognition (Crosscutting), 2013 Presidential Inauguration Food Protection Team, FDA
2010 Group Recognition, Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook Workgroup, FDA
2009 Excellence in Agriculture, Outstanding Service, Consumer Health Services,
Wyoming Department of Agriculture
2009 Group Recognition, National Political Security Events Workgroup, FDA
2009 Group Recognition, Alamosa, CO, Salmonella Response Team, FDA
2009 Group Recognition, Hurricane Gustav Retail Recovery and Response Team, FDA
2009 Group Recognition, FY2008 Special Event Food Safety & Defense Team, FDA
2009 Group Recognition, 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions Food
Protection Team, FDA
2008 Group Recognition, Revitalizing ORA: Protecting the Public Health Together in a
Changing World Group, FDA
2008 Leveraging Collaboration, Retail and Food Service Group, FDA
2008 Certificate of Appreciation, ASPR Response Team, Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment
2007 Leveraging Collaboration, FDA National Retail Food Team
2006 Commissioner’s Special Citation, Hurricanes Katrina/Rita Response Team, FDA
2005 Lynn Thatcher Award, Utah Environmental Health Association
2005 Team Award, Food Code Writer’s Group, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA
2004 Team Award, FDA Report on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors, FDA
2004 Group Recognition Award, National Retail Food HACCP Working Group, FDA
2003 Leveraging/Collaboration, National Retail Food Program Team, FDA
Education
Texas A&M University Graduate Studies
College Station, TX Bachelor of Science
Animal Science, Science Option
State University of New York Associate of Applied Science
Farmingdale, New York Animal Science